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COTTON BEATS ALLISS

AT SAND MOOR.

TWO MASTERS DEFY THE TEMPEST IN GOLF FINAL

A SPECTATOR HIT BY BALL ON DECISIVE GREEN

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 8, 1935.

London, June 10.

Come thrilling period, Henry Cotton (Waterloo, Bel-Allis sparing the match at six- glum) beat Percy Allias (Beacons teenth. The wind was hurtling up feld) by three holes up and two to the valley of the long fourteenth play in the 36-holes final of the and both found it heavy golng, Yorkshire. Evening Newa £760 Colton, out of the remote past. tournament at Sand Moor on reviving a full-blooded top with Saturday,

La brassie, followed by a shot Alliss and pulled into trouble, being bunkered in three.. Alliss, however, recovered well and holed |a twelve-foot putt to win:

A great game ended in unhappy fushion for a spectator by the six- teenth green, who received the ball from Cotton's second shot full on the forehend and, bleeding freely, was carried, from the course to the house of a member, where he later recovered sulfciently to go home.

When Alling holed a putt of G yards to win the short Afteenth in two, excitement became intense,

considerable

Mr. Helen Willa Moody, the acknowledged queen of the world's tennis courte, has staged a brilliant comeback in her effort to regain her throne. Here she is on the Wimbledon course, talking mcrois the neta in Trainer Haskeet, Wimbledon professional

eigh-INTERPORT

and when he holed another long The ball bounded on to the green putt to win the sixteenth and

there was and stopped some five yards from square, the hole. Cotton, although aware enthusiasm. AlEss' brilliant put- :

the of something amies in the crowd, ting patch ended at hipped the hole for three. Allisateenth, where neither reached the from a little nearer had a holl færren with their seconds; he just effort to keep the game alive,, but | failed from nine feet, and Cotton. his ball. struck ha opponent's, holing from about six feet, went Cotton at once went to the house to back to his hotel for luncheon aud inquire after the well-being of the massage with a one hole lend. injured spectator.

Cotton SWIMMING

CONTEST

AWAITING REPLY FROM NORTH

and

The proposal to hold the forth-i coming swimming Interport between | Hongkong

Shanghai from September 18 to 21 has been forward. by the Victorin Recreation Club, hell, to the Shanghai Amateur under whose auspices the contest wili!

Siwmming Association.

The wind showed no signs of A violent south-westerly tempest decreasing. The crowd had grown reared across the course all day, to unwieldy propertions when the calling for complete mastery of a second round started, and· Alliss variety of shufs, and in then both gave them plenty of thrills for he players showed themselves masters, holed from 8ft, to win thịy second Both Jn holding the ball up in the lin 3. Cotton saved the third with wind and in keeping it low. The 12ft putt afler both had played biggest crowd ever to alterut this indifferent seconds. And again fital hemmed the players in, dis- took the lead at the fourth where, played the utmost disregard for after driving into a banker fare hats, which on occasions darkened down the middle, he pitched up the air like flocks of wild-fowl, 8ft, from the hole-a great shot- thundered ahead after each shot, Allisa in the meantime having put and with much shouting of "Forella weak chip into a bunker. back on the left! back on the right" were finally marshalled to allow the next shots to be played. The approximate scores were: FIRST ROUND

Cution:

4 4 4 3 6 4 2 4 1-35 out; 553552445-38 home- -73.

Alliss:

0 4 4 3 4 5 344-37 ont:

5 5 3 5 5 2446-38 home-75,

SECOND ROUND

Catton: 45

4 4 4 4-37;

44.3 5 34-27.

Allies: 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 3-36;

64456 44-31.

ALLISS SQUARES

The reply to this proposal is being awaited, and as soon as it is receiveil swimming clubs and associations in

allway will be notified so that they may nominate any swimmers they think good enough for Interport |

Cotton missad the green to the left of the short seventh. was

bankered, out and over. and trials. Alliss squared with a 3. Then at the short ninth he tomk the lend Meanwhile, tentative arrangements! for the first times Cotton, whom have been made for the coming con- this green

Should the suggestion be ac appeara

to puzzle.cepted by Shanghai, it is proposed taking three puits From some 1hyd.

to hold the Colony swimming cham- pionships during the inat week of August, and to reserve the Best and part of the second week of September for the Interport trials.

test.

clubs will be called to discuss further Later, a meeting of all swimuning this and to form a selection com- mittee,

V.R.C. GALA

the unl

100 yards Free Style, nugregate (Handicap) members "C" class.

50 yards Free Style (Open). 200 yards Free Style Relay. Blindfold Race (members). 200 yards Free Style Relay (Invita.

tion).

Now WA the crisis. and magnificently Cotton rose ta the occasion. He played a glorious Espeond shot to the 10th, held up With the wind enging furiously in the wind with perfect mastery over his left shoulder Cotton hit a land, with Alliss' second enrried terrife drive straight down the away down the bank. squared middle, and at once took the lead, again. He was over the bark of as Alliss' second shot was carried the eleventh, but atoned for a weak into a garden. To the second, with chip by holing from nit feet to Owing to the Interport, the swim- the wind left to right, Cotton hit a get his hair; then he won the gight galas organised by the glorious low wooden shint to the twelfth.

V.R.C. have been curtailed. The

next There he was short and and last one will be held on Saturday. foot of the green, but was short bunkered. is recovery. struck An interesting progrumine has been with his run-up, and Alliss, short boldly up against the wind hit arranged, und besides all the way, scraped n half in four.ridge of the green and with a back events for members, invitations have

FLAWLESS THREES

spin to aid it came back a full ) been extended to other Awimming Uneventful halves make pour yard. It was one of two magni-clubn to take part in curtain itenis. reading, but the fourth hole was ficent recoveries, the other being halved in three, and both pinyed it at the fourth, where, despite the

The following is the programme: 15 yards Medley race flawlessly; in the following right-following wind, he had not so much open to boys between 12 and 16 years (handicap) to-left wind they pulled their work on the ball that it pulled up of age. second shots up, almost where they like a sprinter with a torn that it pitched, six feet past the hole the pulled up like a sprinter with a balls touching.

torn musele. Alliss, who had put Cotton, in doubt about the club his second over, played a chip nick, to use for his second shot to the weak and quite unlike the pitiless fifth, was short, and then played efficiency which had marked his weak pitch, and Alliss, whose hort game hitherto. Even so, he chipping was fenture, squared failed by a hair's-broath to sink a the match, only to fall behind six-yard pott down the tricky again by taking three putts on the slope, sixth green. With the wind over) That was the turning point, and his left shoulder Colton put his Cotton never looked back. Alliss tee-shot six feet from the pin it was over the back of the 13th down the short seventh and holed the wind, Cotton look ou risks and putt, and with both expending finished 15 yards short of the flag, three putts on the ninth green he Allis pitched back up the bank, and renched the turn with his two holes then Talled with a twelve-foot p.m. lent.

patt. The 14th was again an ad- The wind was at its fiercest venturous hole for both, Alas along the reservoir and, blowing cutting his drive on to an adjacent diagonally left to right, against, fairway, but finally banging aits second monthly night called for perfectly struck and good third up five yards from the controlled shots. Alliss second hole, and Cotton, in minor troubles to the eleventh was whirled down on the left all the way, eventually the steep bank and behind a bush, saving the hole with a clever pitch but he saved the hole with a great which finished three feet from the recovery, and he saved the twelfth | hole. with another delicate clip, after; Cotton played a good tee-shot to holding his tee-shot up too much. the short 15th, but Allisa pulled

Colton became three up at the his into rough under trees, and Two other clubs will probably be thirteenth, whore a well struck could not get his four. Three up invited to take part in the gala which putt stopped on the lip, and Alliss, and three to go, the match ended, in all probability will be wound up endeavouring to get in round it,na already described, on the six-with a water polo game between the knocked his

opponent's ball in.teenth green.

150 yards Free Style (handicap),! aggregate, members "" class.

Diving Exhibition (II. L. Ozorio and Ed. da Roza).

50 yarda Free Style (handicap) open to boys under 12.

Water Palo. European Y.M.C.A. v. V.R.C.

Entries for the members' events close this evening, and the heats will he swum off on Wednesday at 6.30

Y.M.C.A. GALA

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WIGHTMAN CUP AND AUSTRALIA

MOVE TO GAIN ADMISSION

WOMEN'S TENNIS

INTERNATIONAL

Mr. Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, will also endeavour to gain admission for Australia to the women's international

competition for the Wightman Cup.

If this is not possible, he will; endeavour to interest other nations in a similar competition.

It is statedl

that France and

Germany would support the idea. The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia will seek the support of other nations.

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ALL THE WINNERS

AT WIMBLEDON

MRS. MOODY ONLY

FOREIGNER

THREE TITLES FOR ENGLAND

The following is a full list of winners in this year's events at Wim- bledon:

MEN'S SINGLES Champion Fred J. Perry (Great Britain).

Runner-up-Baron Gottfried von Cramm (Germany).

Wills

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Champion. Mrs. Helen Moody (USA.),

Runner-up.-Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S.A.).

MEN'S DOUBLES

Champions Jack - Crawford and Adrian Quist (Australia).

Runners-up.-Wilmer Allison and John van Ryn (U.S.A.).

The European Y.M.C.A. will hold Wednesday. The programme has not

fete on i

WOMEN'S DOUBLES yet been arranged but it will pro

ably consist of the 50, 100, and 200| Miss Katharine Stammers (Great Champions-Miss Freda James and yards Free Style events, and a 200 Britain). yard relay of either four or eight men. There will also probably be several events for the ladies, including a mixed relay and the indles' 50 yards aggregate handicap.

"y" and the Rest,

Mathien

Runners-up. Madame (France) and Frau Sperling (Ger-

many).

DOUBLE CENTURY BY BARBER

HENLEY REGATTA WATER POLO MATCH

Fast Times Recorded In Chinese Athletic Beat

Final Events

YORKSHIRE MAN Baldwin, and Mrs. Baldwin

EXCELS

COUNTY CRICKET

CHAMPIONSHIP.

London, July 6.

Royal Artillery

London, July 6.

The Chinese Athletic Association The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley defeated the 12th Battery, Royal were Artillery by 11 goals to 1 in a water preesnt at lentey 10-day to see the polo game played at North Point on Regatta end in triumph for Cam- Saturday night. bridge University and Switzerland. The winners "gavo a fine display Glorious weather and a following and completely outclassed their

wind made conditions much fartor opponents. They combined with por

than they have been previously,“

fect understanding, while their posl The fin of the Grand Challenge toning was another feature of their Cup, between the Leander Club and play. On the other hand, the Gunners indulged in individual efforts, with Pembroko College, Cambridge, was marred by a mishap to the stroke of the result that the Chinese were given the former crew. He slipped off ample time to protect their goal.

In the first half, the Chinese scored his slide at the first stroke.

As a result, Pembroke quickly got y. 7. Lam (2). Harris replied for four goals through W. F. Lee (2) and lead of three lengths over the

the Gunners. holders and won the Cup for the first time in the history of the competition. The Chinese completely overhelmed Leander strove heroically, and the their opponents in the second half, scoring no less than soven goals with- Lee (3), Y. T. Lam (2), anıl W, K. out reply. The scorers wera W. F. Law (2).

The highest individual score of the season so far was made to-day by W. Barber, of Yorkshire, who playing against Surrey at Sheffield, hit up 256

Wasbrook's (Lana runr, beating C. cashire) score of 228 against Oxford. Barber's fine peformanco was re- sponsible for Yorkshire's huge total of 531 for five wickets.

NOTTS SOUTH AFRICANS The South Africans are not doing too well against Notta nt Nottingham. Notts amassed a total of 312 runs, J. Hardstall contributing 151 to the

scort.

When stumps were drawn for the day, the tourists had made 64 for the Joss of three wirkets.

SUSSEX GLOUCESTER

Inspired bowling by Maurice Tute. the old Test cricketer, and J. Cornford, who captured five for nine and five for 28 respectively, dismissed Gloucester- shire for only 30 runs in the first innings

in their match against Sussex at Hove.

The home lean pinde merry at the expense of the Gloucestershire bowlers. and had scored 412 for three wickets when-play finished for the day. J. Parks hit up his third century of the season with a fine 135, while T. Cook minde his first three-figure scure of the ACAR with 121 not out,

DERBYSHIRE v, LANCASHIRE

Play has been pretty even so far Lancashire which is being played at in the match between Derbyshire and

Buxton,

Derbyshire have made 237, while last year's champion county have lost ane wicket for 24 runs.

WORCESTERSHIRE 7. SOMERSETSHIRE

| race was fast.

f'embroke had only three quarters of a length to nre at the finish, their time being U mins, 52 seca.

The second bont Pembroko

pf College just falled to win the Thames Challenge Cup, which was retained by the London Rowing Club, who won by a quarter of a length in 7 mina,

ROCK,

The Zurich Rowing Club, with ane of the first fours ever seen at Hen- ley, won the Stewards' Cup, the premier four-onred event, by three

The teams WETO:

C.A.A.-P. T. Lau; W. K. Trol and F. S. Kwak: Chan Shok-pui; W. F. Ler, W. K, Law and Y. T. Lam.

12th Battery, R.A.-Gar, Cooper: L/Bdr. Brooks and Gnr. Hudson; Ghr. Harris; L/Bdr. Fisher, Gar..

teasley and Gnr, Lucas.

VOLUNTEER TOURNEY

lengths from the London · Rowing

The draw for the Hongkong Ve- Club in 7 mins. 14 seen. This time unteer. Defence Corps water pala | in ten seconds under the record. tournament, in connection with tho This is the first time that the Ste-annual aquatle sporta to be held at wards' Cup has ever been won by a the V.R.C, on July 27, hus resulted as

follows: Continental crew,

of

ANOTHER SWISS SUCCESS

Another Swiss victory was recorded

Mobile Machine Gun Cey, v..Corps

Infantry.

Static Machine Gun Coy. v. Small Unitx,

in the Diamond Sculls when Ruffi, The first match will be decided on Switzerland, boat Zarvels, of July 15 at 5.30 p.m. and the second Czecho-Slovakia, by three and a half on July 17 at the same time. lengths in 8 mins. 15 sees.

The Ladies' Plate, Visitors Cup 1 and the Silver Goblets all went to Cambridge crews.

OTHER FIXTURES

The Y.M.C.A. will meet the East Lancashire Regiment in a return Trinity Hall, Cambridge, won the water polu game to-morrow evening. College The following will represent the Ladies' Plate, beating Eton

First Trinity College in the Visitors rett, (i. I. Fowler and II. G. Lange. by one length in 7 mins. 7 neck. "YS. Fowler: W. J. Wogstaff Jesus College, Cambridge, bent the and P. Fowler; W. F. Kerr; J, Fer- Cup by three lengths in mine, 40 On Thursday evening the sees. Jose College also claimed the will play, the Lincolnshire Regl- Silver Goblets when Cree and Burn-est. With the exception of R. ford bent Fiddler and Newton, of the Goldman who will take the place of Thames Rowing Club, by two, and a Fowler, the same team as abovo half lengths in 8 mins, 20 secs. will represent the "y".

The Wefold Cup was retained by Reading University, who finished two

Scaing was slow in the match belengths ahead of the Thames Rowing SWIMMING RECORD tween Worcestershire and Somerset. CluÏ in 7 mins, 30 ASCH.-- shire at Dudley, Batting the whole Reuter Special. day, Worcestershire made 226. WARWICKSHIRE. MIDDLESEX

Warwickshire are engaged against Middlesex at Birmingham. The home team scored 308 In their first innings, while Middlesex had 53 on the board for one wialet when stumpa drawn for the day.

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The following have been selected to thants are in a better position than represent the United States in the Essex, who have been dismissed for Ryder Cup competition, to be played 60. E. W. Clark, the Northants' fast against Great Britain at Ridgewood, bowler, was responsible for the low New Jersey, on September 28 and score put up by Essex, taking Ax Waller fagen, captain, Paul Runyan, wickets for only 30 runs.

Sam Parks, Olin Dutra, K.Y. Laffoon, Johnny Revolta, Henry Picard, Hor ton Smith, Gene Sarazen, Craig Wood--Reuter,

KENT. HAMPSHIRE Playing against Kent at Tonbridge, Hampshire have taken the whole day to put on 321 runs, GLAMORGAN ». LEICESTERSHIRE

Meeting Leicestershire at Newport, Glamorgan have made 246 in their first innings, and at close of play to-- day, Leicestershire had 37 for one- Router.

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